Players have spent more than 1.4 billion hours in The Sims 4 during 2022, according to EA’s recent year in gaming report. Electronic Arts have shared other statistics for its flagship title too, which became free-to-play this year. Based on the metrics, 436.5 million sims were created in 2022, and 21.7 million of them died mostly due to old age, anger, and drowning.
The Sims 4 statistics prove that the title continued to expand its domain across many platforms, as the company’s financial reports showed that The Sims 4 player count surpassed 33 million players in 2022. The recent year in gaming data goes on to prove this statistic as well. In 2022, hundreds of thousands of players sank 1.4 billion hours into the game. It is safe to say that this astronomical increase stems from EA’s decision to make the base game free-to-play across Steam, Origin, Xbox, and PlayStation earlier this year.
This year’s iteration of year in gaming comes with interesting The Sims 4 stats, including how many WooHoos have been successfully accomplished. According to the data, players have engaged in 289 million WooHoos in The Sims 4 this year. And the top traits of 436.5 million sims created in 2022 were romantic, cheerful, and creative. Moreover, The Sims 4 players were quite enthusiastic about their endeavors in the game as well. That’s because more than 209 million gallery downloads have taken place throughout the year.
Considering that The Sims 4 has been free-to-play since October, there is no doubt that these numbers will continue to rise in the coming days. The fact that the base game is free of charge encourages players to try out expansion packs one by one, increasing EA’s DLC and expansion pack revenues. The whopping 1.4 billion hours of playtime certainly spells good things about the future of The Sims 4. Knowing that the next generation of The Sims is on its way, under the name Project: Rene, EA will certainly look for new ways to build on the series’ massive success.
Year in gaming 2022 stats also reveal specific bits of info on other EA’s major titles including Apex Legends, Battlefield 2042, and It Takes Two. While these metrics do not show how many hours players have spent playing Apex or Battlefield this year, they do state that “1 billion thank you’s sent in-game” by Apex players. Whilst nearly 548 million players have revived each other in Battlefield 2042. Those who would like to find out more about the year in gaming for EA Sports and EA Mobile can head to the official website.
